Ron Klimkowski

Ronald Bernard Klimkowski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 1, 1944 in Jersey City, NJ
High School: W.T. Clarke HS (Westbury, NY)
School: Morehead State University (Morehead, KY)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1969
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics 1969-1972

Final Game: September 22, 1972
Died: November 13, 2009 in Plainview, NY
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1964	20	BOS-min	A	29	54	52	6	14	5	0	0	7	0	0	2	13	.269	.296	.365	.662		19							WLO · MIDW
1965	21	BOS-min	A	23	42	42		6	0	0	1						.143	.143	.214	.357		9							WLO,WSM · MIDW,CARL
1966	22	BOS-min	A	30	79	79		13	1	0	2						.165	.165	.253	.418		20							WSM · CARL
1967	23	BOS-NYY-min	AA,AAA	31	50	49	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	12	.143	.160	.143	.303		7		0	0	0			PFD,SYR · EL,IL
1968	24	NYY-min	AA,AAA	34	21	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.150	.150	.150	.300		3		0	1	0			BNG,SYR · EL,IL
1969	25	NYY-min	AAA	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1969	25	NYY	AL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1970	26	NYY	AL	45	23	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.053	.053	.053	.105	-70	1	0	0	4	0	0	1
1971	27	OAK-min	AAA	5	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.083	.083	.083	.167		1		0	1	0			IWA · AA
1971	27	OAK	AL	26	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	161	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	28	NYY-OAK-min	AAA	24	47	39	1	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	14	.256	.286	.333	.619		13		0	5	1			SYR,IWA · IL,AA
1972	28	NYY	AL	16	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1973	29	NYY-min	AA,AAA	21	24	24	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417		6		0	0	0			WHA,SYR · EL,IL
4 Yrs				90	38	33	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	16	.091	.118	.091	.209	-39	3	0	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	68	59	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	29	.091	.118	.091	.209	-39	5	0	0	7	0	0

NYY (3 yrs)				64	32	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.036	.036	.036	.071	-79	1	0	0	4	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				26	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	161	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1969	25	NYY	AL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.515	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1
1970	26	NYY	AL	45	23	-5	0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1971	27	OAK	AL	26	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$17,500	1
1972	28	NYY	AL	16	6	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$19,500	1
4 Seasons				90	38	-6	0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	-0.0	0	$37,000

NYY (3 yrs)				64	32	-6	0	0	0	4	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.3	.496	.499	-0.3	-0.0	-1	$19,500
OAK (1 yr)				26	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$17,500

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1969	25	NYY	AL	3	3	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.250	.000	.326	.000	.377	.000	.703	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1970	26	NYY	AL	23	22	0	0.0	93	.100	.053	.252	.053	.325	.053	.385	.105	.710	-70	.000	-4.3	-0.4	.056	.000	.000
1971	27	OAK	AL	6	3	1	9.0	91	.667	.400	.253	.500	.324	.400	.375	.900	.700	161	.812	0.5	0.0	1.000	.200	.000
1972	28	NYY	AL	6	6	0	0.0	81	.000	.000	.243	.000	.312	.000	.351	.000	.663	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				38	34	1	0.8	90	.176	.091	.250	.118	.323	.091	.377	.209	.699	-39	.046	-6.1	-0.6	.133	.030	.000
162 Game Avg.				68	61	2	0.8	90	.176	.091	.250	.118	.323	.091	.377	.209	.699	-39	.046	-6.1	-0.6	.133	.030	.000

NYY (3 yrs)				32	31	0	0.0	90	.071	.036	.250	.036	.322	.036	.377	.071	.699	-79	.000	-6.6	-0.7	.037	.000	.000
OAK (1 yr)				6	3	1	9.0	91	.667	.400	.253	.500	.324	.400	.375	.900	.700	161	.812	0.5	0.0	1.000	.200	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	25	NYY	AL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%
1970	26	NYY	AL	23	0.0%	39.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.1			1.50	43%
1971	27	OAK	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.5		5.0		50%
1972	28	NYY	AL	6	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.33	50%
4 Yrs				38	0.0%	42.1%	2.6%	0.0%	0%	16.00	2.1		33.0	1.22	45%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.8%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.68	6.0	43.4	9.1	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1969	25	NYY	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.75	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.46	-0.2
1970	26	NYY	AL	-4.3	-0.4	23	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.78	-0.5	0.0	-6.1	-0.6	1.00	-5.6
1971	27	OAK	AL	0.5	0.0	6	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.66	0.0	-0.1	0.5	0.1	1.05	0.5
1972	28	NYY	AL	-1.5	-0.2	6	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.68	-0.1	0.0	-1.4	-0.2	1.01	-1.4
4 Yrs				-6.1	-0.6	38	-0.7	0.2	-0.8	1.06	-0.6	0.0	-7.1	-0.8	0.97	-6.7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
1969	25	NYY	AL	1		1		0	0
1970	26	NYY	AL	0	0%	1		0	0
1971	27	OAK	AL	0	0%	6	0%	1	1
1972	28	NYY	AL	0		0		0	0
4 Yrs				1	0%	8	0%	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1969	25	NYY	AL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1970	26	NYY	AL	23	39%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	7	0	0%	10	1	10%	18	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1971	27	OAK	AL	6	50%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1972	28	NYY	AL	6	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				38	45%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	11	0	0%	14	1	7%	25	1	4%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1969	25	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1970	26	48	26	22	1	0	0	11	.045	.045	.045	.091	-74	1	4
1971	27	74	32	27	3	1	1	13	.111	.143	.111	.254	-27	3	4
1972	28	90	38	33	3	1	1	16	.091	.118	.091	.209	-39	3	4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	25	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1970	26	45	23	19	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	45
1971	27	26	6	5	2	1	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	1	26
1972	28	17	6	6	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	16
4 Yrs		91	38	33	2	1	1	16	.061	.088	.061	.149	1	90
162 Game Avg.		162	68	59	4	2	2	28	.061	.088	.061	.149	2	90

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